Our next free Estate Planning Essentials Workshop will again be live. Although we will still have some virtual workshops, most will be live (assuming COVID cases continue to decrease). Registration for our next live workshop (which will be June 18, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. until noon) can be made by calling us or signing up online at www.dallaselderlawyer.com.

Attendees often ask questions about estate planning, probate, Medicaid and Veterans benefits. We proceed to answer the questions over the course of the workshop (although there will be a presentation also).

Texas’ common law right is used for the protection of an individual’s identity.  Misappropriations of identity is determined if (1) the defendant used the plaintiff’s name for value rather than incidentally; (2) the publication identifies the plaintiff, and the defendant received an advantage or benefit during the lifetime of the individual.

As Buddy Holly probably said to his relatives when asked as to their rights to his name, image and likeness under Texas statutory law – “That will be the day when I die”.

A Texas appeals court has again ruled against the Texas Health and Human Services Commission’s requirement that a long-term care Medicaid applicant occupy a home prior to moving into a nursing home for the home to be an excluded resource in determining long-term care Medicaid eligibility. 

The fascination and emerging growth of cryptocurrency (such as Bitcoin) has resulted in a new investing platform – NFTs. Hundreds of millions are now invested (over $1 billion in sales) in the NFT (non-fungible token) cryptocurrency blockchain marketplace.